Mechanism for spinning yarn on wire



March 24, 1931. v R c, BUTLER 1,797,821

MECHANISM FOR SPINNING YARN ON WIRE Filed March 11, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor q By WWW.

- A tiomey March 24, 1931. v R. c. BUTLER 1,797,321

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' i 'A ftorney Patented Mar. 24, 1931 twee 'Q-OFFICE osco o. BUTLER, :onosnsnn, LATE or nonrrn errant-heron, son'rn CAROLINA, LBY

JULIA E.- BUTLER, anmrnrsrnnrnrx, er NORTH cHAnLnsroN, SOUTH CAROLINA MECHANISM FOR SLEINNING- YARN N WIRE Application filed March 11, 1930; Serial no. 434,836;

This invention relates to a mechanism for spinning yarn or roving on wire and has for one of its important objects to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a mecha 'nism for this purpose which is adapted to be mounted on a conventional spinning machine without materially altering the same.

Another important object or the invention is to provide a mechanism of the aforementioned character wherein a driving feed is provided for the strand 01" wire upon which is to be spun the roving betoresaid wire joins said yarn or roving A still further important object of the invention is to provide a mechanism wherein the spinning of the roving and the incorpo ration of the Wire therein is accomplished simultaneously. i

' Other objects of the invention are to provide amechanism for spinning roving on wire which will be simple in construction, strong, durable, efficient in its use and whic may be manufactured at low cost. 7 The foregoing and other objects or" th invention will become apparent from a'study of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view in side elevation of a mechanism constructed in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged diagrammatic detail view showing the driving rollers of the mechanism.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the reference character 1 designates a spool which contains the yarn or roving which is to be twisted on the wire. It may be well to here mention that the mechanism constituting this invention embodies a pair of dupli cate units which are identical in construction and arrangement and a description of one will, therefore, suflice for botl. The

stand or: roving from thespool 1 is designated by the referencenumeral 2 and said strand passes over a pair of horizontally disposed power driven rollers 3 and 4 and is maintained in frictional engagement there with through the medium of the weighted roller 5. 'Thestrand 2 then passes downwardly through a guide 6 and through alcoiiventionaltraveler 7 to be wound on the spool 8'inounted on the spindle 9 which is driven through themedium of, the cylinder 10 and the endless drive belt 11.

A trough 12 is provided at a suitable point for the reception of a creel 13 upon which is wound the wire' 14. The creel 13 is loosely disposedin the trough 12. A roller is mounted'for rotation adjacent the roller 3 in spaced relation thereto and a guide roller 16is alsomounted adjacent the roller 3 substantially in the horizontal plane thereof The rollers 3 and't and 15 are operatively geared together and driven from a suitable source of power. The wire 14 is trained around the" roller 15 and, as best illustrated inFigure 2,1eXtends upwardly as at A over the roller 3" and then" downwardly as indicated at B and again passes under the roller 15 from which said wire is trained over the guide pulley 16 and then passes between the roller 5 and the rollers3 and 4 from whichit extends downwardly through the guide 6 and the traveler -7 and is connected to the spool, 8 for winding thereon together with the roving. n

It willthus be seen that the yarn or roving 2 will be twisted on the strand ofwire14 by the same operation which usually twists said roving, as indicated in lhigure 2 of the drawings. The frictional engagement of the heads of the creel 13 with the walls'and bottom of the trough 12 will maintain the strand ofwire leadingtheretrom under proper ten- S1011. In. Figure 1 of "the drawings, the reference character 17 designates the floor or' support upon which the machine is mounted.

tis understood, of course, that a plurality of wire strands may be incorporated in the roving and also that more than one strand of roving may he spun on the wire. The gist of the invention resides in the construction and arrangement whereby a feeding drive is i nparted to the wire before it joints the roving. By incorporating the wire in the roving at this particular point, a multiple spinning of roving ends may he had and twisting, or the necessity of t sting, is combined in one operation, thus eliminating the useof other es and improving the quality of the product as compared with the well known niule product and, in addition to the aterially increasing the produc- ,acity oi the machine. 7

It is believed that the many advantages of a machine constructed in accordance with this invention wi l be readily understood, and although the preferred embodiment of the invention is as illustrated and described, it-

is to be understood that changes in the details of construction may be had which will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed. hatis claimed is 1. A mechanism for spinning roving on wire of the character describedcomprising a pair of rollers over which the roving passes,

means for maintaining the roving in fridtional engagement with the rollers, spinning means associated with the rollers to which the roving is connected, another roller adjacent one of the first named rollers, all of said rollers being operatively connected together for rotation in unison, the last named roller adapted to have a strand of wire trained thereover, said wire also trained over one of the first named rollers, aguide pulley rotatahly mounted adjacent the first named roller over which the wire is trained, saidwire extending over said guide vroller and extending therefrom across the pair of first named rollers and connected to the spinning means in such manner that the rovlng Wlll be spun thereon simultaneously with the spinning of said roving by said spinning means. i

c 2. A mechanism for spinning roving on wire or" the character described comprising a pair of rollers over which the roving passes,

tional engagement with the rollers, spinning means associated with the rollers to which the roving is connected, another roller adja cent one of the first named rollers, all of said rollers being operatively connected together for rotation in unison, the last namedroller adapted to have a strand of wire trained thereover, said Wire also trained over one of the first named rollers, a guide pulley rotatably mount-ed adjacentthe first named roller over which the wire is trained, said wire extending over'said guide roller and extending therefrom across the pair of first named rollers and connected to the spinning means in such manner that the roving will be spun thereon simultaneously w th the spinning of said yarn by said spinning'means, and

trough for loosely receiving a creel upon which the wire is wound and from which said wire is adapted to be drawn, one of the first named rollers and the second named rollers constituting feeding drive means for the means for maintaining the roving in fricw 

